Big Color,Small Color

Painting a large mural with warm colors on one end and

cool colors on the other. The artists loved the freedom of painting

large.

On the opposite end of the spectrum was experimenting

with color. This tray started out as two pools of yellow

and two pools of blue. The rest were just water. The

artist learned to use a dropper and saw how many

colors of green they could make.

Kindergarten Begins...

..self portraits.

The Kindergarteners were learning about the difference between a

portrait and a self-portrait. The artists we looked at to show samples

of strong self-portraits were Frieda Kahlo and

Vincent Van Gogh. They both painted many

self-portraits that were very distinctive. They also painted portraits of

friends and family who lived around them.

The artist looked at themselves in the mirror trying to

see characteristics of their faces. We talked about the neck and

part of their t-shirts or blouses to be included in the painting.

They sketched in charcoal pencil(they love to smudge the lines)

in their sketchbooks. We will continue this project for a few

weeks as paintings.

weeks.